2020 NFL Off-season

Nothing beat Eddie DeBartolo and the 49ers; he understood that if you treated the players well they performed better (see who came aboard in the 80's for the championship runs)

 

First ballot HOFer

 

Two words: Booger McFarland

 

ESPN is paying damn close to $2 billion a season for the NFL. Why would they sweat a few million to hire away the best analyst in the game?

 

For $2billion they better do a 30 for 30 on Roger Goodell’s ability to steal money from ESPN in exchange for the worst selection of games outside Montana High School Thursday Night Game of Week. they don’t need Romo, though they ought to pick Booger a new job.

 

Nothing beat his trying to push through from the deceased to get a new stadium. Tried to act as if he were made of money, yet was on the sports welfare bandwagon same as everyone else. (Don't get me started on then-GM Carmen "Make My Own" Policy ... ).

 

Dan Rooney at least matches DeBartolo. I'd say that based on longevity and stability, he was better, but I am biased.

Art Rooney, Sr. was still the public face of the franchise in the '70s, but it was when Dan Rooney took over the day-to-day that the franchise went from arguably the worst in the NFL from its arrival in 1933 through the start of the '70s. It was never 100 percent clear who hired Chuck Noll, but my money is on Dan Rooney making the decision and his father signing off on it. I say that because Noll didn't fit the mold of an Art Rooney hired. The founder of the franchise preferred big names or his own buddies over a guy like Noll, who was the youngest coach in the league when they hired him. He was also a relative unknown.

The Steelers simply outsmarted everybody most of that decade, especially when it came to scouting. Dan Rooney was also the one maintaining the stability of the franchise that has had only three coaches since Noll was hired in 1969.

 

Hugh Culverhouse ran one of the most profitable NFL franchises of the '80s.
The team painted walls white at headquarters to avoid costs for projection screens.

 

Joe Brady leaving LSU for the Panthers. Matt Ruhle gets his OC. Great move.

 

Kuechly retired!

 

Unbelievable. Wow. Got to be a lock for the Hall of Fame.

 

Maybe after Patrick Willis...

jk. Good for him. Leave with half a noodle.